A Good Early 20thC Taxidermy Water Buffalo Skull & Horns sub-Curios The pale slate grey ground

The pale slate grey ground with three stylized floral medallions

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some now rare specimens

which derived from Doulton stoneware

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A Good Early 20thC Taxidermy Water Buffalo Skull & Horns sub-Curios The pale slate grey groundOrigin: Asia Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 30 Height: 23 inches (with horns) Width: 25. 5 inches (at maximum) Depth: 7 inches (at maximum) The impressive female (Bubalus bubalis) water buffalo horns arching backward an then curving upward flanking the skull, with the set of teeth still present, the whole presented un mounted, surviving from the first half of the twentieth century. The condition of the whole is good